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" Application of Art Therapy in Oncology: Evaluation of the Symptomatic of Patients Suffering From a Cancerous Disease"
Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier de Perigueux
Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of art-therapeutic management on a patient with cancer, during chemotherapy treatment, on the reduction of physical or psychological symptoms. Art therapy is a non-drug approach that can help some patients cope with the consequences of cancer beyond the care provided. The common psychosocial difficulties experienced by cancer patients are pain, fatigue, depression, anxiety, drowsiness. In sum, the well-being and quality of life of the patient throughout the illness. The main objective is to evaluate the impact of art therapy, as a supportive care, on improving the well-being felt after a session of cancer treatments (chemotherapy, immunotherapy, ...), during 6 sessions( around 24 days between 2 sessions) , at patients with a cancer pathology using two questionnaires, one on the evaluation of symptoms (ESAS), the other on the quality of life (FACT-G).
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
86
Start Date
2020-01-07
Completion Date
2025-03-17
Last Updated
2026-08-28
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Art therapy
When the patient is placed in a treatment room, a nurse or the ARC proposes to complete the questionnaires corresponding to his visit in accordance with the diagram of the investigations, then retrieve the questionnaire and forward it to the art therapist Then, the art therapist intervenes ans propose different Artistic supports : paint, watercolor pencils, pastels, pencils, clay , origami, music in as an accompaniment to artistic creation. The workshop runs from 30 minutes to 2:30. It can be cut by doctors and nurses interventions during medical care. The limit of care is set at 2:30 for reasons of concentration of the patient, organization of the service but the patient is an actor of his care, and chooses when the session ends. At the end of intervention, the nurse or the ARC proposes at patient to complete the end questionnaire. Theses last are retrieve it and to forward it to the art therapist.
Locations (1)
Perigueux Hospital Center
Périgueux, Dordogne, France